Baja beaches packed
Baja beaches packed for Holy Week
Occupancy rates and attendance figures highest in five years
Sunbathers crowded Rosarito Beach during the four-day Easter weekend. — Secture
Written by
8:21 p.m., April 9,
2012
TIJUANA —
From Rosarito Beach to San Felipe, Baja California’s beach destinations were
packed during the four-day Easter weekend, boosting the hopes of the state’s
tourism industry as it prepares for the 2012 summer season.
Hotel
occupancy rates rose statewide over the same four-day period in 2011, with 77
percent occupancy registered in Rosarito Beach, 91 percent in Ensenada, 100
percent in San Felipe and 70 percent in San Quintin. Though not traditional
Easter destinations, Tijuana and Mexicali also registered a rise in occupancy
rates over 2011.
Baja
California’s tourism secretariat said the occupancy rates and attendance
figures at various recreation centers statewide showed the highest Holy Week
numbers in five years. The largest crowds were counted on the shores of
Rosarito Beach, San Felipe and at La Bufadora south of Ensenada, with 50,000
each.
In
the state capital of Mexicali, attendance at the recreational center and zoo
known as the Bosque de la Ciudad was 43,700, the tourism secretariat reported.